Germany sends China £130billion bill for 'coronavirus damages' – sparks fury in Beijing


GERMANY has rattled China after joining the UK, France and the US in a rare attack, after Berlin called out Beijing's responsibility for the global pandemic and even issued a £130bn invoice.
By OLI SMITH
Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing "owes" Berlin following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Germany has followed France, the UK and the US in directing its coronavirus anger at China, where the virus originated. Recent attacks come amid findings that Beijing appeared to cover up the true scale of the crisis, as the source of the outbreak remains a mystery.
On Saturday, Donald Trump warned that China should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for unleashing the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump told reporters: "It could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn’t, and the whole world is suffering because of it.

If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake. But if they were knowingly responsible, then there should be consequences.

He said the Chinese were “embarrassed” and the question was whether what happened with the coronavirus was “a mistake that got out of control, or was it done deliberately?”


President Trump and his senior aides have repeatedly accused China of lacking transparency.

This week the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak started, revised its number of fatalities by with a sudden 50% jump in the figure.

The UK has joined US intelligence officials in investigating claims that the virus originated in a Wuhan virus lab and not a wet market.

A bombshell op-ed this week in Germany's largest tabloid newspaper, Bild, joined this outrage by drawing up an itemised invoice for €149bn (£130b).

The list includes a €27 billion charge for lost tourism revenue, up to €7.2 billion for the German film industry, a million euros an hour for German airline Lufthansa and €50 billion for German small businesses.

Bild calculated that this amounts to €1,784 (£1,550) per person if Germany's GDP falls by 4.2 percent, under the title "What China owes us."

China responded by claiming the invoice "stirs up xenophobia and nationalism".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1271028/Angela-Merkel-Germany-China-coronavirus-blame-Wuhan-Xi-Jinping-Trump-latest

Lalasticlala

Wow!

If this is true, China is in big time shiit cos other developed countries will follow suite.

China will hear it after this pandemic. Countries are going to strike back at them directly and indirectly.

E don red

Lol

I trust China, dem no go argue.

They'd accept the invoice and move into their factories to start printing the bills in whatever currency you desire.

Na una go tire...

China think sey germany and co,na nigeria,where everything is made in china..if nigeria no even take time.soon,nigeria will be owned by china.

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CoronaVirusPro:
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China, if by the grace of GOD you guys manage to pull out from this anger vented at you guys verbally (for now though), then you have my vote to become world power. Una go hear am. Nonsense!!!

This is the same country our dumb government invited doctors from. What would 15 doctors bring that we dimt have already? If it was for the masses then we would have needed a whole 'army' of doctors.

Wait first make US, Italy and Spain send their own bill.

If it is established that China cultured and deliberately or accidentally release the virus, then the whole world should unite in seeking for compensation.
...same way Iraq should be compensated for their loss over a false flag.

donbachi:
China think sey germany and co,na nigeria,where everything is made in china..if nigeria no even take time.soon,nigeria will be owned by china.

Only under Mu/Mo Buhari
China should be very fast because after the lifeless one tenure, no road.

Once dz Covid ishh is over and the whole world has China's time, watch how they will be dealt with

Does Nigeria have the balls?

Nigeria too have sent their own bill of 14million naira whot of china puff puff and egg roll.

topcatking:
Does Nigeria have the balls?

Yes na two for our dick

When this coronavirus matter is over, China is in BIG trouble.

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mytime24:
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You think every country na like Nigeria with no bearing

Corona Virus: The Chinese Global Weapon of Mass Destruction

Nigeria as a Country ought to send China her own bill aswell. China has to pay.

Those ranting that China have won and is now world power, are you there?

This is just testing the waters.

What countries have planned for China will be funny.

All those countries owing them is at stake now.

Openbusiness:
When this coronavirus matter is over, China is in BIG trouble.

The way their nationals would be looked at in foreign countries enn...

This is just a news tabloid at work for now.

But I honestly believe that a backlash is headed China's way right after this Covid 19 brouhaha.

Besides, if you know me well on this forum, you would definitely attest to the fact that I was one of the first to call for China to be given the same sort of treatment that the German Empire got right after World War I.

To put it succinctly, they should be made to pay huge reparations for all the damage that this damned virus has brought to the global economy and well-being.

They must be shown zero mercy for their carelessness and outright recklessness.

There must be no soft-landing for them.

They should be made to learn this lesson to the very last letter.

gengen

this virus would spark global racism against the Chinese...but close nation's like Japan and Korea and the rest that looks like them might also suffer....